Scratch Storage

Every time you read/write from your "/home/yourusername" directory, you are accessing a remote storage location. This means slowdowns can occur, especially if other users are doing the same.

Terms

NVME SSD - Fast flash based storage. Smaller available storage size.

Spinning Disk Storage - Slow machanical hard drive with spinning disks. Larger available storage size

Each Leviathan is equipped with a 4TB NVME SSD (faster than the NAS). This allows for heavy reading and writing at high speeds. Utilizing this space can speed up your jobs, and help with congestion on the NAS.